I suddenly became a yakuza boss.

Strangely, he searched one club activity venue after another but couldn't find the intruder.

"That's strange... I clearly saw it, where did it go?"

In the darkness, in the pitch-black corridor, Li Xuan searched one club activity room after another with a gloomy expression. In the dimly lit old school building, his figure appeared unusually eerie and terrifying.

This put immense psychological pressure on the girl who was hiding and playing hide-and-seek with a yakuza man.

The search led to the craft section, where a dazzling array of tools, dolls, and materials were displayed.

But Li Xuan soon saw that a frog glove doll slowly climbed onto the table.

—【Hello, quack, long time no see!】

The frog puppet opened its mouth and spoke in a comical tone.

It seemed to be a girl's voice. Although it sounded frightened, the imitation of a doll's voice was quite vivid. It sounded rather cute to communicate with Li Xuan in this way in the craft club.

Li Xuan stared silently at the puppet, finally finding a student who wouldn't follow the rules.

"Do you know me?" Li Xuan asked, startled.

—【It's me, it's me, the cute girl from the karaoke bar, quack quack.】

The frog plush toy has its mouth "opened," as if to emphasize something.

Upon hearing this, he immediately remembered.

The girl from the Soubu who followed him, with short brown hair, who gave off a soft and cute vibe!

What a coincidence! It turned out to be her who had sneaked in!

"It's you, um..." Li Xuan wanted to say her name, but he suddenly realized that he didn't know her name. After thinking for a while, he casually said, "...Fake Smile Girl?"

Fake Smile Girl!!

Even the most composed girl was stunned; this title is just too cruel!

—【Wait, wait a minute, what are you saying? Don't give me nicknames, it's so rude!!】

The frog doll seemed to be going crazy and complained to Li Xuan.

Even though she was so angry, she didn't give up the performance, which was somewhat unexpected for Li Xuan. This showed that although the girl was wearing a mask, she was indeed a cute and lovable person at heart.

—【Well, there's no other way. Let me introduce myself. My name is Isshiki Iroha. Please remember me well.】

The frog spun around, as if imitating a Kabuki character. Finally, after knowing each other for about a month, she reluctantly revealed her name, wary of the other person giving her a nickname.

Isshiki Iroha... The name is quite nice and suits her image.

Even Li Xuan, a loan shark in the underworld, felt he couldn't handle this clever Japanese girl.

"So, it's Isshiki, what are you doing here? You know that a hazard assessment has already been conducted before construction started."

Li Xuan asked in a serious tone.

—【Actually, it's like this: my phone is still with the soccer club. You know, it's really hard for a girl to go a day without her phone.】

The frog doll has its hands clasped together and its mouth opening and closing.

Li Xuan rebuked him with a stern face: "Are you kidding me? The school and the construction company will probably send you to the new clubhouse the day after tomorrow. It's because they're worried about lost items and students getting injured in the old school building that your school is so eager to put out the tender for expansion and reconstruction. I wasn't even allowed to come in alone, but you just climbed in through the window to get your phone!"

A few days ago, there was indeed an incident where students stepped on broken wooden planks, so the school closed in the afternoon; otherwise, it wouldn't have escalated into the current lockdown.

—【Regarding this... Mr. Yakuza, do you understand? It's extremely inconvenient for high school girls to get around without a cell phone...】

The frog doll looked conflicted and explained cautiously.

"Phew..." Li Xuan let out a breath. He was actually not very good at communicating with this girl, and asked in confusion, "Then why are you talking to me like this, using a puppet?"

The owner, wearing a rag doll in her right hand and hiding under the craft table, seemed genuinely frightened, trembling as she announced: "Because... I'm really afraid of you... that shout just now scared me so much my heart can't take it, so this is the only way I can communicate. Please, please don't scare me, I can't take being scared (cautiously)..."

"......"

In the dimly lit activity room of the craft department, Li Xuan paused for a moment.

So that's how it was...

The girl was too afraid to talk to him directly, so she tried to get away with it in this rather innovative way.

Li Xuan remained silent for a moment, then said coldly, "Don't worry, I'm just here to see you out. I don't intend to do anything to you."

The frog plush toy in the girl's right hand paused slightly, then immediately asked excitedly, "Really? You're not angry, you won't scold me or anything?"

"No," Li Xuan replied patiently, feeling that scolding the girl was a waste of breath.

Now that they had found the student who had sneaked in, Li Xuan said to her, "Then, let's get out now..."

"No, I have to get my phone back... Mr. Gangster, things have come to this..."

Behind the frog doll, the upper half of Iroha's face finally peeked out furtively, observing Li Xuan's reaction.

"No!" Li Xuan stared sharply at her and said bluntly.

"Huh!" Iroha Isshiki saw this face and immediately shrank back in fright.

Once again, the frog puppet stretched out its arms.

—【If I go back without getting the phone, wouldn't that be a wasted trip? Wouldn't that be putting the cart before the horse? I was so close to the soccer club... Please let me go... quack quack.】

Isshiki Aya, in a very aggrieved and gentle tone, held up the doll again and pleaded with Li Xuan.

"That cunning fellow..."

Li Xuan internally evaluated this girl.

He had originally intended to drag her out directly, but after saying so much, it had already been a long time, and she had indeed tried very hard to find her phone and had come quite close, so it would be unreasonable to kick her out directly.

Moreover, after chatting for a while, Li Xuan had developed some rapport with this high school girl.

He frowned, deep in thought about the problem.

After much deliberation, Li Xuan finally relented. He looked at the girl and said, "There's really no other way. This is just an exception. Don't tell the other students. I'll have to be forceful next time. Take your phone back and leave here quickly."

"...Ah! Are you serious!?" Iroha Isshiki was quite surprised to hear that this yakuza man had actually given her a break. She stood up happily, her face beaming, and asked.

Although Isshiki Iroha was very happy, and her eyes sparkled as she looked at Li Xuan, she seemed to have thought of something and suddenly asked suspiciously, "Wait a minute, Mr. Yakuza, why are you suddenly being so nice to me? Are you planning to change the high school girls' impression of you and make me think that you are actually a kind and gentle person? Although it has some effect, please allow me to keep my distance from you, thank you."

Li Xuan's face darkened. He stared at Iroha and said, "I've changed my mind. Get out of here now!"

By a chance encounter, Iroha Isshiki, who comes to look for her phone in an abandoned school building slated for demolition, begins to work alongside yakuza youths from completely different worlds...

P.S.: I'm a little shy, but I'll still shamelessly ask for your votes. Thank you, readers.

Chapter 008 Two People in the Old School Building

Unfortunately, the weather turned against us. Around noon, the already gloomy sky became even darker, and a few gusts of cool wind blew, followed by a light drizzle.

The old wooden school building creaked and groaned in the wind and rain.

"It's raining..."

Li Xuan stared in astonishment at the wet window, thinking to himself.

Old things always retain memories of the past. For fire safety, the entire building was shut off from water and electricity. A row of handwashing stations was still preserved in the corridor. Various anime graffiti and club promotional posters were pasted on the wooden walls, creating a scene of old-time Japan, full of youthful and nostalgic flavor.

Rumble!!

The thunder roared.

"Mr. Gangster, why did you suddenly stop? Come here quickly, hurry up..."

As she walked into the dimly lit section of the corridor, Issei Yu noticed that Li Xuan was looking at something. Startled, she shrank her shoulders slightly and gestured for him to follow her with one hand, which resembled a beckoning cat.

Li Xuan was puzzled. He originally thought that the girl was afraid of him and that's why she kept her distance from him. Who knew that she would ask him to follow her?

[Boom!]

A clap of thunder sounded, and Iroha couldn't help but cover her ears and close her eyes.

During her lunch break, she sensed that it was about to rain, but she never expected it to happen so soon.

In fact, the situation was beyond her expectations...

She originally thought it was a problem that could be solved quickly. As long as she didn't get caught by the gangster contractor, she could secretly take the phone back to the classroom and use her free time to go online and watch videos. However, the gangsters chased after her aggressively, scaring her so much that she ran to the other side to hide.

The old school building, now deserted and shrouded in torrential rain, felt eerily cold; she absolutely dared not move about here alone...

"..." Iroha Isshiki was actually quite relieved; it was really great that this "yakuza" was here.

Surprisingly, compared to the void of darkness and ghosts, this gangster didn't seem so scary; in fact, he made her feel a little safer.

Li Xuan looked curiously at the high school girl whose shoulders were slightly hunched and asked, "Don't you often hang out here? Why do you look so scared?"

"Hmm... Well, familiarity doesn't mean you can adapt..." Iroha Isshiki cautiously moved forward, her eyes wide open as she stared ahead, a look of unbearable discomfort on her face. "No matter how much the old school building is renovated, it still gives off a very uncomfortable feeling... Aren't many horror stories supposed to start in the old school building? The biology club is right next to the soccer club, and the specimens and skeletons there are absolutely terrifying. Yes, yes, I admit I really don't dare walk past there alone right now..."

Li Xuan remained calm as he walked, explaining, "Many horrors are just fears of the unknown. Many things are just figments of your imagination. You're just unwilling to get familiar with this place. Perhaps once you do, this place will become one you'll miss."

Is fear born from unfamiliarity?

This was the first time Isshiki Hatake had ever heard of this.

Ichiro Iroha always felt that this Purple Mirror Extreme Path man was fierce and menacing when beating people up to collect debts, but when it came to reasoning, he was quite eloquent.

At the karaoke bar, after she noticed something was wrong with the group of guys, she tried to leave but was harassed. Just then, a few gangsters showed up at the door. As soon as they entered, the leader slammed the man's head onto the table with one hand, looking like a demon and sending chills down her spine.

But while he was beating up the group, he noticed there was also a group of high school girls. His devilish face suddenly calmed down. He had thought he would be implicated, but in the end, he heard this seemingly unsteady man speak extremely calmly.

Therefore, when Isshiki Hazakura looked at him, she was not only a member of the underworld, but also had a subconscious ability to communicate in an unusual and secure manner.

He's a strange and complex yakuza... Getting to know him feels dangerous, yet sometimes you unconsciously forget that danger...

With a click, Isshiki Iroha opened the activity room door.

Soon, under the light from Li Xuan's phone, Isshiki Hatake got her phone.

"Great! Now I don't have to live like a savage without any modern tools," Iroha Isshiki thought with a sigh of relief and a smile.

But it's quite unexpected that this gangster is using an Android phone...

"Mr. Yakuza, thanks to your help, I've got my phone back." Iroha Isshiki showed him her phone with a big smile.

Li Xuan looked at the girl's smile; it was seven parts genuine and three parts fake.

This is what Japanese girls are like.